The National tribune., 1887-12-08
THE sist ILL.
Reunion at CarbondaIe.


sinew, aud We may say blood, of the brightest
young men of Southern Illinois, went out a
thousand strong, under the gallant leadership
of our Logan; aud of those who fell and those
who returned, the latter number was the lesser
one-363 true and noble, and many of those
with shattered frames and but a short lease of
life. What they had lost in vigor was made
up to them in honor, and to-day we are proud
to meet the little number of those who repre-
sent that noble band-the 3lst. Aug. %, 1861,
the 31st Ill. was mustered into the United States
service at Cairo, with John A. Logan, Colonel !;
John White, Lieutenant Colonel, and A. j.
Kuykendall, Major.
The first active engagement was at Belmont,
where they first took the lesson of fire. Then
at Fort DOnelson, where their true valor was
shown, and where our Logan won the distinc-
ton that afterward made him the honor Of the
Nation and the force of our pride and love.
There the gallant Col. John White met the
white angel and earned his laureIs.
They afterwards engaged in most of the i'm
portant battles of the South in their division.
History has recounted these acts, and we will
content ourselves by the statement that they
were at Atlanta, and from Atlanta to the Sea-
to GoldsborO, n. c.. to Richmond, and finally
in the grand review at Washington.
After the promotion of Logan to a BriSadier-
General, Osborn became the leader; afterward
Col. McCOok, and then Col. Pearson.
In just praise we may say that every man
of them was a hero, and the meeting to-day
reyives in Us the feeling that at the time we
regarded a soldier of the war who belonged to
the 31st as model of true manhood. This
expresses what our ideas were then, and time
has not elfaced that memory.
Welcome! soldiers of the 31st.
We give the list of those registered, with
pOst0ffice address:
Col. /. y. Pierson, Chicago.
Maj. A. J. Kuykendall, Vienna.
Maj. s. III. Almon, Tamaroa.
Co. At. Fl. Keller, Marion; w. Fl. Mccoy,
Anna; w. j. Walker, Du Quoin; w. B. Short
Salt Lake, Utah; Robert Steele, Percy.
Co. B-NOne.
Co. CT J. Polston, Carbondale; J.W. Brown
Cottage Home; G. w. Chitty. Lake Creek; B.
F. Chitty, Pulleys Mills; ID. NJ. Owen, Dallas
Tex; w. A. LOOney, Vienna; w. L. Turner
Carbondale.
Co. D-J. B. Kuykendall, Vienna; L. J. Cain
| Harrisburg.
Co. Err. NJ. Dixon, W. J. Parrish, J. @. Bat
| son, X. E. Elmore, j. w. Bush, Joshua Cox, A
G. Mann, all of Carbonate; John Powell, Lake
Creek; James Davis, Anna; NJ. l.. COOnee
| Tunnel Hill; A. A. Batson, 0akville; w.
Dowell, Carterville; j. w. Sanders, Cottage
Home; Jesse Watson, James Watson, jacob
Treese. all of Mahanda; J. III. Pruitt, DeSotO.
| Co. FL. w. Hartwell, Carbonate.
Co. G-J. NJ. Jarvis, Carbondale; J. Smith
Blairsville; Pleas. Taylor, Harrisburg; Johr
Dillinger, Grand Tower.
| Co. HIT. j. Phemister, Carbondale; v. L
Minton, Makanda; J. NJ. Cannon, Cottag,
| Home; Il. j. Mccormick Goreville; J. o. Hale
Makanda; w. E. Foster, Pulleys Mills; Thos
Wallace, Usage.
Co. I-Carrol Moore, Benton.
Co. K-JCb Stephens, Carbondale.
PROCEEDINGS.
The annual Reunion of the 31st Ill. was he'll
| at Carbonate, Jackson Co., ILL., Oct. IL, 1887
Met at Moody's Opera House at 8 o'clock a. m
Capt. w. A. Looney in the Chair. On motion
of Mai. Almon, a Committee on Resolutions wa
appointed as follows: Maj s. H. AlmOn, Capt
w. B. Short and Col. r. N. Pearson. Also OIL
the same motion, Committee on Permanen
Organization was appointed: Col r. ~ Pear
son, Capt. w. w. Largent and G.. w. Chitty
On motion the following were appointed
committee to name time and place for hOldin
the next Reunion: Capt. Il. J. Cain, Capt. {
Moore and Capt. j. N. Sanders. On motion
Committee on Constitution and Bylaws wa
named by the Chair as follows: Capt. w. A
L0oney, Col. X. ". Pearson and AdJt j.
Kuykendall. Adjourned to meet at fai
grounds.
At 3 o'clock met pursuant to adjournment
The Committee on Credentials repOrted re
port adopted. Committee on Bylaws reported
report adopted. On motion of Mai. Almon th
Constitution and Bylaws as reported by th
committee were adopted.
Col. Pearson was appointed committee .
devise badge for the use of the members {
the organization.
On motion it was ordered that the Core
spending Secretary procure the printing i
pamphlet form the Constitution and Bylaw
On motion Mai. S. III. Almon was appOinte
committee to draft resolutions expressive Q
our sympathy for Mrs. Logan upon the death {
her husband.
The Committee on Permanent Organizatio
reported as follows We beg leave to submit
the follwing nominations: For President, Cap
w. A. LOoney V. P's, w. Walker Co. A Tho
]. Cain, b; W. S. Morris, c.; John Stone d
j. c. Baston, E; L. ID. Hartwell, f Pleas. Tay
Tor, G.; Patrick Hart, II ; Isaac Simpson,
David Ksaner, X Rec. Sec, A. Z. White
Cor Sec, J. B. Kuykendall; Treas, G.
Chitty. The report of the committee was cor
Cured in and the officers elected as above.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas We the surviving members of the 81
| H.. know that at the time said regiment was o
gnnized and mustered into service, its Colonel, Il
late Gen. John A. Logan, was of robust and stror
| constitution, and remained until the seige
Fort Donelson; that the exposure through whiC
he passed during the terrible weather at the tin
of that siege and in the subsequent battles an
marches, he contracted the disease of rheumatisl
which remained with him during life, and whiC
finally caused his death: Therefore. be it
Resolved, That we in annual Reunion assemble
in the city of Carbondae H. respectfully urge Il
Congress of the United States to pass act gran
ing to Mrs. Mary Logan, widow of our late illu
trious commander q pension equal to those of q
widows of Gems. Thomas and Hancock.
ResoIred That thanks are hereby tenders
the citizens of Carbondale, the manager of the o
era House, the Carbondale District Fair Associ
ton and the editor of the Free Press for couresi
extended us at our annual Reunion.
Resotued That we extend Mrs. Mary Logan OF
coincidence upon the death of our old commando
: John A. Logan.
On motion, il was ordered that the Corr
spending Secretary furnish copy of the abo'
resolutions to Mrs. Logan, Senator s. M. Gu
lom and Representative John K. Thomas.
,, On motion, adjourned until next annu
meeting.
w. A. LooNEY, President.
A. F. WHITE, Secretary.